Ranking the Shark Smarts of Horrors Most Pernicious Predators – Gizmodo

Sharks have been terrorizing big screen beaches for decadesway more than they do in real life, actually. But in Hollywood, you have to be more than just a regular old shark to get a fin up on the humans. Sometimes, being a movie shark means youre a smarter predator. Other times, it leads you to make very bad shark choices.

Be sure to check out our video above highlighting the smartest (and some not-so-smart) sharks from moviesfrom Jaws and Deep Blue Sea to Sharknado and beyond. Weve also provided a digestible list below, with a few bonus sharks for good measure. Were starting with the top of the class, then its a long swim down from there.

Shark Smarts Grade (out of 5): 5 Shark Teeth

These geniuses were genetically enhanced in search of a cure for Alzheimers, but the treatment turned them into the raptors of the sea. They werent able to stop LL Cool J, because no one can, but they were able to get his bird. RIP.

Shark Smarts Grade (out of 5): 4 Shark Teeth

The Shallows starred Blake Lively as a surfer who gets trapped at sea by a great white on the prowl. This shark is a special one. Sharks sometimes patrol areas to find food but theyre not stalkers, they usually tire of chasing one potential snack after awhile. This one hunts Blake for hours, making it a special kind of predator thats driven by purpose, not hunger.

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Shark Smarts Grade (out of 5): 4 Shark Teeth

They evolved to swim through sand. Thats pretty damn smart.

Shark Smarts Grade (out of 5): 3.5 Shark Teeth

This mega-shark is a survivor, managing to stay alive after the supposedly deadly attack by a giant octopus in the last mega-shark fights something movie. That alone makes it smarter than the average shark. But it also manages to outsmart the U.S. Navywhile gorging itself on giant crocodile eggs and a nuclear reactor. The megalodon can multitask.

Shark Smarts Grade (out of 5): 3.5 Shark Teeth

Most of the sharks from the Jaws franchise are kinda basic. We see you, we bite you sort of thing. But the shark from Jaws: The Revenge has a little something extra. Its a psychic connection with Ellen Brody, wife of Police Chief Martin Brody from the original film. It might not have saved it from getting blown up, but being a Shark Medium definitely gives this fish an edge.

Shark Smarts Grade (out of 5): 3 Shark Teeth

Youd think a prehistoric mega-shark that survived millions of years below a frozen ozone layer would be the greatest of beings. But instead of going on a world-chomping rampage of swimming tourists, the two megalodons (yes, two) spend the rest of the movie just swimming around. You cant be a smart shark if you dont use your wits for a higher purposeeating thousands of tourists swimming just 15 feet above you.

Shark Smarts Grade (out of 5): 2.5 Shark Teeth

These sharks werent smart enough to avoid getting kidnapped by the dozens and thrown into a saltwater lake. That said, they do seem to enjoy hunting humans for sport.

Shark Smarts Grade (out of 5): 2 Shark Teeth

The first two-headed shark is pretty cleveryoud have to be to negotiate splitting your meal in halfbut it seems like the more heads this shark gets, the less intelligent it becomes. Youd think that having more brain power would turn these sharks into unstoppable killing machines. But it just makes them easier targets.

Shark Smarts Grade (out of 5): 1 Shark Tooth

Unlike the others films on this list, Shark Tale isnt a horror movieapart from every time you stare into fish Will Smiths horrifying eyesbut the mobster sharks definitely make the cut for being some of the least clever fish this side of Shreks swamp. Theyre at the top of the food chain (literally, theyre basically cannibals in this world) and yet they keep being foiled by a tiny fish. That looks like Will Smith.

Shark Smarts Grade (out of 5): 0 Shark Teeth

These sharks never learn. Instead, they get caught in tornado after tornado... for six movies straight.

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